Monday, 30 July 2018

NigerianEye: “How I escaped from kidnappers, spent 11 hours on top of a tree - Dino Melaye reveals” plus 21 more

NigerianEye: “How I escaped from kidnappers, spent 11 hours on top of a tree - Dino Melaye reveals” plus 21 more


How I escaped from kidnappers, spent 11 hours on top of a tree - Dino Melaye reveals

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 04:44 PM PDT

A Nigerian senator who was feared kidnapped earlier this week has provided a detailed account of his unpleasant experience, revealing how he spent 11 hours at the top of a tree to escape from the...

Buhari will congratulate me as President elect in 2019 – Moghalu boasts

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 04:57 PM PDT

Former Deputy Governor Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Kingsley Moghalu said he is looking forward to President Buhari's congratulatory call to him as President-elect in 2019. Professor...

7 PDP senators set to defect to APC — Ndume

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 05:06 PM PDT

Ex-Senate Majority Leader, Senator Muhammed Ndume (APC, Borno South), has said he was fully aware of seven senators elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that have concluded...

Nigerian Army recovers arms cache near Otuoke in Bayelsa

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 04:58 PM PDT

The Nigerian Army said on Sunday that its troops had recovered a large cache of arms along Agbura-Otuoke Road in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The troops, said to be on a raid...

Defecting senators corrupt, afraid of arrest if Buhari re-elected – El-Rufai

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 04:59 PM PDT

Governor Nasir El-Rufai has described senators who defected from the All Progressive Congress (APC) as corrupt politicians who are afraid of being arrested if President Buhari wins his second term...

Weather report for Monday across Nigeria – NiMet

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 04:54 PM PDT

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions over the central states of the country with prospects of isolated rains over Makurdi, Nasarawa, Abuja, Jos, Bida,...

2019 Election: INEC budgets N1.8 Billion for possible presidential rerun

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 04:21 PM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission has budgeted the sum of N1.8bn for a possible Presidential run-off in 2019. A run-off or rerun is a second-round election that takes place after the...

Nigerian man allegedly kills fellow citizen in South Africa

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 04:16 PM PDT

The Consul General of Nigeria in South Africa, Godwin Adama, has condemned the killing of a Nigerian, Linus Chibuzor-Nwankwo from Enugu State, allegedly by a fellow Nigerian, Lawrence Nwarienne, who...

I left APC over killing of my people by Fulani Herdsmen - Benue governor

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 04:12 PM PDT

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has said his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) is in rejection of a political party which treats the killing of his people with kid gloves. He...

Buhari deploys fighter jets after Zamfara bandits

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 03:29 PM PDT

The Buhari administration is deploying a 1000-strong mixed force, comprising the army, air force, police and the civil defence to launch counterattacks on the bandits terrorising the villages and...

Governor Al-Makura sacks nine commissioners

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 03:26 PM PDT

Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Sunday sacked nine commissioners and two Special Advisers in a cabinet reshuffle exercise. Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Mohammed Abdullahi,...

APC Defections: God has removed stones from our rice, sand from our garri — Lai Mohammed

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 11:22 AM PDT

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has described the defection of some National Assembly members from the ruling All Progressives Congress as "the removal of stones from (the...

If not for Oshiomole’s emergence as chairman, APC would have collapsed – Okorocha

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 11:20 AM PDT

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has called on stakeholders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to support the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomole as he...

Pastor nabbed for kidnapping retired Major

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 11:15 AM PDT

The Assistant Pastor of Jesus Favour Ministry Church at Ugbiyokho in Egor local government, Pastor Kenneth Okafor, has been arrested for the abduction of retired Major Stephen Omoigui and his sales...

U.S. jails Nigerian man, Emeka Ndukwu for internet scam

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 07:32 AM PDT

Emeka Ndukwu Emeka Ndukwu, 46, a Nigerian-American based in Maryland, has been sentenced to four years in prison for engaging in business e-mail scheme and conspiring to launder more than $900,000...

At 15, Indian-American genius becomes an engineer

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 07:31 AM PDT

Three years ago, Indian-American prodigy Tanishq Abraham graduated from a California college when he was just 11, and made headlines globally. Recently, he crossed another milestone: at 15, he has...

Three dead, seven wounded in fresh New Orleans shooting – Police

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 07:14 AM PDT

Police were searching Sunday for two gunmen who opened fire on a crowd outside a New Orleans bar, killing three people and wounding seven others. Police said they responded to reports of a shooting...

Borno: Army kills 16 Boko Haram members, recover weapons

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 07:07 AM PDT

Nigerian Army say it neutralised 16 Boko Haram and recovered a weapons cache during its clearance operation in Mairari village in Monguno Local Government Area of Borno. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu,...

Angry youths attack police station, set vehicles ablaze in Zamfara

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 07:06 AM PDT

Some irate youths in Zurmi town, Zurmi local government area of Zamfara attacked the community police station demanding that officers should hand over the three suspected bandits arrested by the army...

Nigeria recalls 2.4 million bottles of cough syrup containing codeine

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 06:50 AM PDT

The Federal Ministry of Health has recalled 2.4 million bottles of codeine containing cough syrup after a recent audit trail of the substance carried out by National Agency for Food and Drug...

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe rejects Mnangagwa

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 06:46 AM PDT

On the eve of Zimbabwe's first election since former president Robert Mugabe was ousted in a de facto coup, the 94-year-old said he hoped his former allies in the "military government" would be voted...

Police nab fake currency note producer

Posted: 29 Jul 2018 06:44 AM PDT

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a suspected fake currency note producer. The Command's spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement in Enugu on Sunday that the suspect, one...

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